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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447035903132 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447045721593 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: DAVID SMITH <info_agent016@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:29:25 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENTLY:




MERCEDES-BENZ LOTTERY
AWARD DEPARTMENT:
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London,
United Kingdom.



Dear winner,

How are you doing today, we have be waiting to hear your response from the bank that you have claimed your funds. sequel to your question on how you were a selected winner ,the process was carried out through a random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
The Mercedes-Benz Car Promotional Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is the 3rd of its kind,on the aspect of the german banking laws,the payout institution will direct you on how to go about it,there contact details is shown below:


ISLINGTON COUNTY BANK london:
122-123 Hockerill Street,
Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire,
CM23 2DL.United.Kingdom
Tel: +44-704-572-1593
Fax:+44-707-502-0586
E-MAIL: account@islingtoncountybank.net

We await response from you on the latest development from the bank,Have a nice day,


Sincerely,

Mr,David Smith.

Processing Officer
Tel: +47031836032
+447035903132




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